last banana oat bars

leftover orzo salad; small navel orange; taste of a mint cookie milkshake from toy joy; samples at central market including clementine, granola, magic pop with peanut butter

empire apple; one section of a tangelo; tastes of austinuts cashews from heb bulk in the following flavors: black pepper, mesquite bbq, and thai curry

dogfish head indian brown ale; mac and cheeze from 1,000 vegan recipes (one version with regular elbow macaroni, one with quinoa elbows; both with collard greens); a shiner flight: bock, lite, blonde, kosmos, black, and hefeweizen (the last one contains honey); oatmeal creme pies (oatmeal cookies from katherine’s top secret recipe, spread with copious amounts of ricemallow creme)

same breakfast taco as yesterday; grapefruit

orzo broccoli salad from yesterday; small navel orange

empire apple; many handfuls of cornflakes

last of quinoa and butternut squash, with steamed collards and coconut-peanut sauce; grapefruit

lemon poppyseed “cookie” attempt that turned out sooo weird but i ate a lot of them anyways

breakfast taco filled with diced potatoes, black beans, jalapeno, green onion, avocado, roasted tomato salsa; grapefruit

pasta salad inspired by this recipe: i used garlic, broccoli, dried basil, orzo, chickpeas, spinach, lemon juice, and white miso; oil-cured moroccan olives; small navel orange; cinnamon teddy grahams

butternut squash, quinoa, steamed collards with coconut-peanut sauce; grapefruit

abc luscious lemon poppyseed cookie (for research purposes); fresh ginger tea

fiesta cornflakes with raisins, homemade soy milk

creeeamy peanut butter and strawberry preserves on storebought multigrain bread; carrot sticks; small navel orange

in between work and the library, i came across this vaguely asian-themed food trailer on campus and jasmine green tea sounded like the perfect pick-me-up. however, it turned out to be iced, overbrewed, and entirely unsatisfying. i had to put a lot of turbinado in it to make it drinkable. but then, just as i was finishing it, i came up to this stand that was giving away tea and coffee, and i had the hot green tea that i had been anticipating. as i was unquestioningly receiving this free tea, i found out that it was being provided by a christian sorority. oh well, i hope that my accepting that tea kept one teabag out of the hands of an unsuspecting freshman who’s like, “free tea? hell yeah i’m joining this club and i don’t even care what it is!”

end of coconut red lentil soup, brown rice, steamed collard greens; dried pineapple

assorted dark chocolate covered things and dried fruits from heb bulk

breakfast taco: flour tortilla, diced potato pan fried with jalapeno, green onion, and black beans, avocado, spinach, roasted tomato salsa that was in the freezer; grapefruit

samples at whole foods: pita chips, muscat grapes, grapefruit, pineapple; from bulk: chunks of energy in carob spirulina, mixed berry, and chocolate almond chip

empire apple with creamy peanut butter; toasted mini everything bagel from whole foods bakery; sparkling grapefruit izze

handful of granola, medjool date, dried pineapple from fiesta bulk aisle

pizza night: crust made by meredith, pizza sauce from 101cookbooks, topped with different combinations of: moroccan black olives, brussels sprouts, artichoke hearts, zucchini, parsley; tortilla chips and black bean salsa (storebought, i forget which brand but it was really good); tecate (vegan, barnivore)

lindt 70% “intense dark” chocolate

oatmeal with tahini, sea salt, pear, almond milk

celery-spinach-beet juice at the house of my new boss

flour tortilla with black beans, raw suncheeze, spinach, salsa huichol; small navel orange; cinnamon teddy grahams

empire apple

dinner at a friend’s: muscat grapes; salad with lettuce, grapes, purple carrots, balsamic vinegar; roasted bell peppers stuffed with quinoa, black beans, and minced veggies; pineapple; ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips; meantime ipa (vegan?)

grapefruit; toasted walnut-pecan bread

last multigrain tortilla with last of the baba ganoush (that worked out well), pan-fried chickpeas, spinach; carrot sticks; small navel orange

small jonathan apple; mareblu naturals pecan trailmix crunch

butternut squash, quinoa, steamed collard greens with coconut-peanut sauce; grapefruit; dried pineapple

assorted chocolate-covered things from heb bulk

grapefruit; toasted pecan-walnut bread

flour tortilla with black beans, raw suncheeze, avocado, spinach, salsa huichol; small navel orange; cinnamon teddy grahams

coconut lentil soup, brown rice, steamed kale

medjool date, dried pineapple, dried ginger from fiesta bulk aisle

walnut-pecan bread

multigrain tortilla with baba ganoush (made from the recipe posted by katherine! i added a ton of paprika), chickpeas, spinach; carrot sticks; small navel orange

coffee from the coffee shop inside the main campus library; small jonathan apple; mareblu naturals pecan trail mix crunch

leftover coconut red lentil soup, brown rice, steamed kale

assorted dried fruits from heb bulk (strawberries, medjool dates, mango)

cinnamon teddy grahams. they are vegan and the cinnamon-flavored ones do not contain honey. they do contain natural flavor, so perhaps after i finish this box of them i’ll write to nabisco and try to find out if it is dairy-derived. they are a good source of calcium, iron, and zinc!

grapefruit; walnut pecan bread

mission tortilla with black beans, raw suncheeze, avocado, spinach, salsa huichol; small navel orange

farmer’s market carrot; grapefruit; cashew-agave raw revolution bar

coconut red lentil soup, brown rice, steamed kale; steamed plantains sprinkled with turbinado

assorted dark chocolate-covered things from the bulk bins at central market. for some reason the dark chocolate that covers the pecans and cashews is vegan, while the dark chocolate that covers the walnuts is not. i noticed this while placing a non-vegan dark chocolate-covered walnut in my mouth, and i promptly removed it and threw it away!

republic of tea’s chocolate pecan red tea

oatmeal + tahini + sea salt + diced pear + sesame seeds, yum

mission tortilla with black beans, raw suncheeze, avocado, spinach, salsa huichol; small navel orange

coffee from favorite central market bulk beans

my housemate and i filed our tax returns this afternoon, and as breaks we baked walnut-pecan bread (adaptation of wild black walnut bread from unplugged kitchen) and two kinds of brownies, cinnamon and mint. we made two batches of brownies because the recipe uses okara (a byproduct of home soy milk-making) and we had a bunch to use up. we will definitely put some of these in the freezer and not eat them all over the next couple of days…!!

coconut red lentil soup; brown rice; steamed kale with sea salt

mint brownies; hazelnut rooibos tea

bands i saw today: she & him. end of sxsw!

toasted raisin bread with peanut butter; grapefruit

couple of free magic hat almost pale ales (kind of gross), free nadamoo coconut milk ice cream in mint chip (this is my very favorite vegan ice cream), free raw revolution bars in 4 flavors all at the brooklyn vegan day party; vodka and pomegranate izze at the paste magazine day party

mini everything bagel with last of sun-dried tomato hummus and white bean tapenade, spinach; grapefruit; dried pineapple; tangerine

pearl beer (“tastes like a weaker version of budweiser,” wikipedia) while watching some crappy band at the lustre pearl, a really cute bar

dinner at the g’raj mahal, an adorable upscale trailer/outdoor restaurant near the river and definitely the best indian food i’ve had in austin. potato samosas with coconut and tamarind chutneys, paratha, rice, baingan bharta (always my favorite; this version was perfectly spicy and smoky), aloo gobi

ibarra mexican hot chocolate, prepared with original unsweetened almond breeze almond milk

grapefruit; banana oat bar from freezer

multigrain tortilla with sun-dried hummus, white bean tapenade, spinach; small navel orange; spelt zucchini muffin

jonathan apple; mareblu naturals cashew crunch

one last serving of split pea soup i found in the back of the freezer (recipe originally from the vegan table) with salsa huichol and last piece of molasses beer bread; graham crackers made by my housemate

almond milk and newman Os

fresh ginger tea

grapefruit; banana oat bar

multigrain tortilla with sun-dried tomato hummus, white bean tapenade, spinach; small navel orange; spelt zucchini muffin

bad coffee at work; small jonathan apple; mareblu naturals cashew crunch

leftovers: amy’s split pea soup (still eh), toasted molasses beer bread; sweet potato, spinach with ginger-miso dressing; almond milk (almond breeze original unsweetened)

i made some important discoveries tonight:

• toy joy, which has toys, candy (including a special vegan candy section), and vegan soft serve, milkshakes, and floats. there’s vanilla and a flavor-of-the-week soft serve, plus a bunch of delicious-sounding milkshake flavors. i was told that the soft serve is made from just coconut milk, tofu, sugar, and whatever the flavor is. the flavor today was lemon, so i had a cup of lemon soft serve with “oreo” topping. all the upcoming flavors sounded awesome, i think this might be a weekly thing except that it’s a little pricey (almost $4 for a small cup with one topping)
• whip in convenience store, which is a cross between a bar, an indian restaurant, and the oberlin decafe. killed time here while waiting to see hello wheels and had really good chai tea with soy milk and a ton of newman-Os. they had a bunch of vegan options on the indian menu that sounded really good, and everything was pretty cheap (rice bowls with vegan curries around $6)